ServicesAs a breast cancer specialist, Dr. Khakpour has been involved in breast cancer clinical and basic science research to provide patients with cutting edge therapies and to help improve our current understanding of breast cancer treatments. Some of Dr. Khakpour's research interests include:
Neoadjuvant breast hormonal therapies
Neoadjuvant breast dendritic cell therapies
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Circulating Tumor Cells
Bone marrow micrometastasis
High energy cryo/radiofrequency ablation of breast tumors
Cancer stem cell targeted therapies
Utility of ultrasound in surgical management of high grade DCIS
Use of intraoperative sentinel lymph node evaluation (Gene Search, Veridex)
Contributing to tumor biorepository bank for collection of tissue from primary and metastatic tumor sites
The role of primary tumor expatriation in overall breast cancer survival in patients with metastatic cancer
Clinical Interests: Dr. Khakpour is dedicated and committed to providing the best breast cancer surgical therapies to her patients based on most recent updated clinical evidence and they include a wide range of surgical expertise such as: Minimally invasive breast image-guided core needle biopsy for diagnosis Breast conservation therapy Neoadjuvant breast cancer therapies Intraoperative lymphatic mapping Sentinel lymph node biopsy Nipple sparing/skin sparing mastectomy for immediate reconstruction Oncoplastic surgery Partial breast radiation with mammosite brachytherapy catheter